[Bug 306837] [NEW] gnome terminal crashes when changing the profile

2008-12-10 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal 1 - Open a gnome terminal 2 - Click on Edit / Profiles ... Change the default profile, close. 4 - Open a new gnome terminal, with the new default profile 5 - Repeat step 2: at some point, when clicking options, all terminals close/crash.

[Bug 298378] [NEW] cannot mount an ext3 formatted partition

2008-11-15 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gparted I have an eee 1000 SSD 40Gb, which contains two SCSI drives: sda with 8Gb and sdb with 32 Gb. I failed to install ubuntu-eee when trying to use sdb as my /home partition. I have successfully installed ubuntu-eee into sda, ignoring sdb1. If I go

[Bug 298414] [NEW] 'screen' fails to launch with directory permissions problem

2008-11-15 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: The program 'screen' fail to launch after every reboot in ubuntu-eee on a eee PC with the following error message: $ screen Directory '/var/run/screen' must have mode 777. $ ... which is easy to fix, but must be done at each reboot, with: $ sudo chown 777 /var/run/screen *

[Bug 235929] Re: new xorg-driver-fglrx crashes java3d apps in 64-bit ubuntu

2008-10-24 Thread Albert Cardona
I am using that machine remotely now, so unfortunately I cannot test java3d (no GLX in tightvncviewer). All other machines I have are either not 64-bit, or don't have an ATI card. Below is the lspci -vvnn attached. ** Attachment added: "lspci-vvnn" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18861916/lspci

[Bug 271535] [NEW] java applications disappear from the windowmanager when switching desktops if a modal dialog was open

2008-09-17 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: metacity It's really easy to reproduce: 1 - Open a java application like ImageJ (it's in the repos) with java 1.6.0 2 - within it, open a modal dialog, like any plugin that emits a GenericDialog 3 - Switch to another desktop. When returning, the applicat

[Bug 227277] Re: firefox engages in very long paging operations

2008-05-13 Thread Albert Cardona
Could you provide the id of the bug you think this is a duplicate of? Also: the reported paging behaviour of firefox has ended. All I did different: I installed firefox-2, run it for a bit (half-broken, since add-ons are apparently shared), and then run again firefox-3 --now without paging episode

[Bug 229824] Re: ImageJ application windows empty when compiz enabled

2008-08-14 Thread Albert Cardona
There are also debian packages for fiji, still testing: http://pacific.mpi-cbg.de/wiki/index.php/Downloads -- ImageJ application windows empty when compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229824 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribe

[Bug 247946] Re: Please add Sun JDK to build dependency, fixes FTBFS

2008-08-14 Thread Albert Cardona
Who is the maintainer of the ImageJ package in ubuntu? If that's Onkar, please note Fiji: Fiji is Just ImageJ (batteries included) aims at trivial installation of ImageJ with a collection of open source plugins integrated. A debian package exists. See: http://pacific.mpi-cbg.de http://pacific.mp

[Bug 194157] Re: vim can't expand buffer names after detaching/reattaching from a screen session

2008-08-15 Thread Albert Cardona
The problem persists in Ubuntu 8.04 with fglrx and ATI FireGL. interp: try to kill Xorg, then re-attach your screen session to see the bug. -- vim can't expand buffer names after detaching/reattaching from a screen session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194157 You received this bug notification

[Bug 234476] Re: libc6 keeps crashing java applications

2008-07-16 Thread Albert Cardona
So far so good here, I fixed my problems by manually upgrading my fglrx driver. -- libc6 keeps crashing java applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234476 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 228573] Re: gutsy to hardy - all fglrx drivers fail-> low graphics

2008-05-23 Thread Albert Cardona
Same situation here, for both: * Thinkpad T60p with an ATI FireGL 5200 * desktop intel core 2 extreme with an ATI 512Mb that also uses fglrx No direct rendering when using gnome (glxinfo direct rendering: No) but I get proper direct rendering when not using gnome, but some other window manager th

[Bug 228573] Re: gutsy to hardy - all fglrx drivers fail-> low graphics

2008-05-23 Thread Albert Cardona
I have solved the problem: in the upgrade from gutsy to hardy, for some reason the package linux-restricted-modules was NOT installed. So: sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop sudo modprobe -r fglrx sudo modprobe fglrx sudo /etc/init.d/gdm/start Finally, glxinf

[Bug 234476] [NEW] libc6 keeps crashing java applications

2008-05-23 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libc6 Today I updated my 8.04 64-bit system, which included a libc6 2.7-10ubuntu3 library. Java applications keep crashing ALL THE TIME after the upgrade, at random times, when opening new windows. Particularly when running any components of java3d. M

[Bug 234476] Re: libc6 keeps crashing java applications

2008-05-29 Thread Albert Cardona
Apparently, this is related to the new fglrx driver delivered with xorg- driver-fglrx. With vesa no problem. With previous driver package no problem either. -- libc6 keeps crashing java applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234476 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 234476] Re: libc6 keeps crashing java applications

2008-05-29 Thread Albert Cardona
And: it's mostly related to java3d initialization routines. Java apps that don't use java3d don't crash. -- libc6 keeps crashing java applications https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234476 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 235929] [NEW] new xorg-driver-fglrx crashes java3d apps in 64-bit ubuntu

2008-05-29 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg-driver-fglrx After latest release of xorg-driver-fglrx, all applications using java3d crash immediately. System: Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit, dist-upgraded to today. Graphics card: ATI Radeon X1950 Series, 512 Mb DDR4 Crash log: # # An unexpected error has

[Bug 235929] Re: new xorg-driver-fglrx crashes java3d apps in 64-bit ubuntu

2008-05-29 Thread Albert Cardona
** Attachment added: "The crash stack trace of the JVM 1.6.0" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14807189/hs_err_pid18536.log -- new xorg-driver-fglrx crashes java3d apps in 64-bit ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235929 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 161745] Re: Why isn't thinkpad-brightness-down.sh used for Lenovo thinkpads?

2008-05-30 Thread Albert Cardona
Same problem here, using dwm (from suckless.org), with Thinkpad T60p. PJ solution works. Strangely, though, the "echo 4 > /proc/acpi/ibm/cmos" cannot be manually called from the command line with sudo. -- Why isn't thinkpad-brightness-down.sh used for Lenovo thinkpads? https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 187453] Re: tty font too large on resume from suspend

2008-08-02 Thread Albert Cardona
The problem no longer exists in 8.04 dist-upgraded to today. -- tty font too large on resume from suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187453 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lis

[Bug 185703] Re: hibernate (suspend-to-disk) is very slow

2008-08-02 Thread Albert Cardona
Proper suspend with 8.04 in a Thinkpad T60p with ATI FireGL 5250. Takes about 7 seconds until the hard drive stops spinning and the moon light stops blinking. Resume is another story; takes about 10 seconds if one control+alt+F7 to go to Xorg (otherwise up to 30 or more seconds!) -- but the moon

[Bug 69292] Re: battery time gets shorter and shorter in just 3 days

2008-06-05 Thread Albert Cardona
I do no longer own that powerbook G4. I donated it over a year ago. Thanks for the interest. -- battery time gets shorter and shorter in just 3 days https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69292 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 222835] Re: wireless doesn't work after resuming from suspend

2009-01-15 Thread Albert Cardona
I have a T60p whose wireless worked fine in 8.04, but it's broken in 8.10. On resuming after sleep, the network manager scans are not updated. Still tries to login to networks that are *not* present in the vicinity (i.e. the home networks when at work, and viceversa). The only cure I've found is,

[Bug 317472] [NEW] wireless doesn't scan properly after resuming from sleep

2009-01-15 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: network-manager I have a T60p whose wireless worked fine in 8.04, but it's broken in 8.10. On resuming after sleep, the network manager scans are not updated. Still tries to login to networks that are *not* present in the vicinity (i.e. the home network

[Bug 111282] Re: wired ethernet not available on resume from sleep

2008-06-11 Thread Albert Cardona
I thought this bug thread was dead. I posted a solution some time ago: http://www.mcdb.ucla.edu/research/hartenstein/acardona/ubuntu_tips.html#Fixing%20the%20disappearing%20ethernet%20network%20interface%20for%20Thinkpads .. which says: sudo modprobe -r e1000 sudo modprobe e1000 sudo idown eth0

[Bug 27459] Re: can't open glxgears or blender on a remote ssh -X connection

2006-08-05 Thread Albert Cardona
Great guys! We are looking forward to the updated package. Thank you! -- can't open glxgears or blender on a remote ssh -X connection https://launchpad.net/bugs/27459 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 46547] Re: firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly

2006-08-14 Thread Albert Cardona
I deinstalled most of the gnome-desktop to make space in my root partition and now firefox runs, showing no problematic repainting of menus, but it complains a lot and crashes. Apparently some settings of the gnome desktop are required for firefox to work properly. See the printed errors below:

[Bug 46547] Re: firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly

2006-08-14 Thread Albert Cardona
The problem right above was solved by removing the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file from my home folder. -- firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly https://launchpad.net/bugs/46547 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 46547] Re: firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly

2006-06-20 Thread Albert Cardona
I agree, other gtk applications show incorrect bitmaps as well, although so far no crashes. I can't use Inkscape or ethereal, for two examples, and also GCJ applications (except openoffice) -- firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly https://launchpad.net/bugs/46547 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 46547] Re: firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly

2006-06-22 Thread Albert Cardona
There was an update to gdk 2.0 that I downloaded today from apt-get. So I reinstalled firefox and now it crashes directly: $ firefox & (firefox-bin:25093): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_window_set_back_pixmap(): pixmap must h ave a colormap (firefox-bin:25093): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk

[Bug 50719] trying to burn an iso image fails

2006-06-22 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus Just right-click on an iso image file and select "Write to disc..." Then it asks for a blank CD. Keeps poping the same dialog when pushing OK, although a valid blank CD is inserted, and even "mounted" on the desktop (an icon shows it on the d

[Bug 46547] Re: firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly

2006-06-22 Thread Albert Cardona
Finally: If one creates a new user, then the world shines again! So all problems lay at some configuration files that lay around the home directory of each user. Which files are they I have no clue, but as a long time user (dist-upgrading since Hoary) this is an annoyance I had to go through now

[Bug 17698] Re: Evolution crashes on startup

2006-06-23 Thread Albert Cardona
I can confirm this disaster. I've apt-get ubuntu-desktop on a kubuntu powerpc dapper installation. After using evolution for 2 days, now it crashes at startup and there's no obvious thing I can do to stop it. After attempting to start evolution about 10 times, then no other app launches. All crash

[Bug 17698] Re: Evolution crashes on startup

2006-06-23 Thread Albert Cardona
Here is the output of running evolution with: $ DBUS_VERBOSE=1 evolution &> evo.output CalDAV Eplugin starting up ... (evolution-2.6:12729): evolution-mail-WARNING **: ignored this junk plugin: not enabled or we have already loaded one (evolution-2.6:12729): e-utils-WARNING **: Plugin 'Spamassas

[Bug 46547] Re: firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly

2006-06-27 Thread Albert Cardona
Yes, removing ~/.gtkrc-2.0 out of the way let me launch firefox (finally!) without problems. I didn't need to remove any of the other .gtkrc* files. -- firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly https://launchpad.net/bugs/46547 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:/

[Bug 27459] Re: can't open glxgears or blender on a remote ssh -X connection

2006-06-27 Thread Albert Cardona
Apparently it has been fixed at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7213 I hope it gets packaged soon ... -- can't open glxgears or blender on a remote ssh -X connection https://launchpad.net/bugs/27459 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

[Bug 50686] Re: IMAP connections sometimes break and kmail must be closed to fix

2006-08-21 Thread Albert Cardona
I have this bug too. Dapper updated to latest. This is how I can reproduce it: - set kmail to check email every 10 minutes - leave it open for a while (20-30 minutes) - put the powerbook to sleep - wake up the powerbook: kmail is stuck checking the "deleted messages" folder of my IMAP accounts I

[Bug 50686] Re: IMAP connections sometimes break and kmail must be closed to fix

2006-08-21 Thread Albert Cardona
Bug https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/kdepim/+bug/19896 and its upstream http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104956 seems related to this, since there is a problem with synchronization and suspending to RAM. -- IMAP connections sometimes break and kmail must be closed to fix https://la

[Bug 27459] Re: can't open glxgears or blender on a remote ssh -X connection

2006-08-22 Thread Albert Cardona
Thank you all very much for your efforts. It works! One more time it has been pulled out! Congratulations to everyone, we can resume working on our workstations again as of today. Albert -- can't open glxgears or blender on a remote ssh -X connection https://launchpad.net/bugs/27459 -- ubuntu-

[Bug 50719] Re: trying to burn an iso image fails

2006-09-05 Thread Albert Cardona
Ooops sorry about that. Some linux image update at some point fixed the issue. Works fine with dapper. -- trying to burn an iso image fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/50719 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 46547] Re: firefox doesn't run properly and crashes badly

2006-09-15 Thread Albert Cardona
More on the issue: as of today, every time the computer is rebooted one has to manually $ rm -rf ~/.gtk* for firefox not to hang. The crashs is so bad the entire Xorg goes crazy (in mmeory and chip usage) and one has to control+alt+F2 and login from a tty and killall -KILL firefox-bin . Except f

[Bug 70042] laptop fails to remain suspended

2006-11-03 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: pbbuttonsd When battery is low and one lifts the lid, the laptop starts the resume sequence and dies miserably. Only solution is to reboot it with control+command+powerbutton since there is no access to ttys. The screen remains black all the time. The ex

[Bug 70042] Re: laptop fails to remain suspended

2006-11-03 Thread Albert Cardona
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 7455, altivec supported clock : 667.00MHz revision: 0.3 (pvr 8001 0303) bogomips: 44.39 timebase: 1840 platform: PowerMac machine : PowerBook3,5 motherboard :

[Bug 70042] Re: laptop fails to remain suspended

2006-11-04 Thread Albert Cardona
This second powerpc computer below (a dual-processor powermac) fails to enter suspend mode altogether, even such option is directly chosen from the "quit" buttons menu. Runs ubuntu-edgy powerpc smp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 7400, altivec support

[Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

2006-11-04 Thread Albert Cardona
Education. Seamless hardware recognition. Education. Meet the users mental model. Education. What can be done automatically should never be visible from the desktop. Education. Early exposure to Ubuntu or other GNU/Linux: primary schools, home, high-school, universities. Education. And public aware

[Bug 34127] Re: after viewing an .avi video, xorg shows 40% memory usage

2006-11-06 Thread Albert Cardona
All is good so far in 6.10. Thank you Daniel. -- after viewing an .avi video, xorg shows 40% memory usage https://launchpad.net/bugs/34127 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 70640] bitchx does NOT depend on mysql

2006-11-06 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: bitchx [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/temp$ sudo apt-get install bitchx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libmysqlclient15off mysql-common The following N

[Bug 69762] Re: blender crashes, then Xorg crashes

2006-11-11 Thread Albert Cardona
In addition, BioImageXD, an application that uses python and wxPython widgets with opengl as well, freezes miserably the same way Blender does: the mouse can be dragged (and has an opengl cursor), but the whole computer is not responsive, takes forever (a minute or two) to ssh to it and issue a reb

[Bug 27918] Re: on laptops, updatedb should check whether on battery before running

2006-10-10 Thread Albert Cardona
I have no idea. My system is heavily customized at the moment to avoid all these pitfalls. Since I need it everyday for work unfortunately I cannot test this. Currently my cron entry for updatedb is commented out. -- on laptops, updatedb should check whether on battery before running https://laun

[Bug 110158] Re: wpa_supplicant locked up consuming 100% resources

2007-05-14 Thread Albert Cardona
Happened again today. No specific reason. NetworkManager lost the wireless connection, and it failed to reconnect. After noticing the computer s little slow, I checked a 'top' and there it was, wpa_supplicant stuck again. Since the whole issue seems to be related to sudo -I can't do any sudoing on

[Bug 110158] Re: wpa_supplicant locked up consuming 100% resources

2007-05-15 Thread Albert Cardona
My thinkpad T60p is dist-upgraded to latest feisty. wpasupplicant package version: 0.5.7-0ubuntu2 I am attaching a log of one of the crashes, yesterday night. Actually it crashed two times in a row. The whole gnome interface freezes after a few seconds, and I can't even switch to a TTY. What is

[Bug 116752] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason a0 on CPU 0

2007-05-24 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Thinkpad T60p new from last January, core2 duo 2.33Ghz Ubuntu 7.04 dist-upgraded to the latest. The laptop is working great. And yet, about once a week or so I get this message in my terminals: Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Thu May 24 21:40:06 2007 ... pad kernel: [264

[Bug 227277] [NEW] firefox engages in very long paging operations

2008-05-06 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox In ubuntu 8.04, firefox-3.0 is the default. After using it in several sessions, I observe the following: for no particular reason and independent of the number of tabs or windows open, firefox blocks all I/O operations in the laptop and a 'top' co

[Bug 111282] Re: wired ethernet not available on resume from sleep

2007-08-15 Thread Albert Cardona
This bug is still present as of today, with 7.04 dist-upgraded to the latest. Is there any partial cure? For example, is there anyway to reload the proper network kernel modules, for instance, that may fix the problem? On my system: - I have ipv6 blacklisted, but commenting it out and rebooting e

[Bug 132838] periodic screen flashes after unplugging an external monitor, ATI card

2007-08-15 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg 1 - boot the Thinkpad T60p with feisty 7.04 dist-upgraded to the latest 2 - login to the desktop 3 - plug an overhead projector (or external monitor): it is not automatically recognized (is there any way?) 4 - kill Xorg and login again to the deskto

[Bug 96198] Re: sound buttons change the wrong sound output, and general lack of polish in automagic setup and sound preferences

2007-08-19 Thread Albert Cardona
The headset volume button still changes the /dev/dsp0 not the /dev/dsp1, not even when specifying the "Default mixer tracks" to the Logitech USB audio in the Sound preferences. As of today 2007-08-19, the sound for the headset can only be adjusted in this way: - from the Rhythmbox sond slider, bu

[Bug 104423] Re: wired ethernet interface missing

2007-08-21 Thread Albert Cardona
This is a possible duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/83898 -- wired ethernet interface missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104423 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 83898] Re: Ethernet interface disappears after hibernation on DQ965COEKR running Feisty herd 3

2007-08-21 Thread Albert Cardona
I have the same problem. I have noticed though, that when putting the laptop to sleep from: - the System / Quit... the eth0 NEVER disappears - closing the lid: the eth0 disappears sometimes, seems correlated to whether the network was up or not. -- Ethernet interface disappears after hibernati

[Bug 48536] Re: suspend problems: alsa crashes, amarok hangs

2007-09-13 Thread Albert Cardona
I have the same problem in Thinkpad T60p with feisty / 7.04. After sleep/resume, USB audio works fine, but analog audio and the built-in speakers don't. Rhythmbox crashes if I try to play; sound preferences crash if I push 'test', and XMMS complains that someone else is using the sound driver. A

[Bug 27918] Re: on laptops, updatedb should check whether on battery before running

2007-09-16 Thread Albert Cardona
It actually is fixed in feisty. I've seen updatedb fire up when I plug the computer to the AC, which is a very good sign. Thank you for tracking this. -- on laptops, updatedb should check whether on battery before running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/27918 You received this bug notification b

[Bug 110158] Re: wpa_supplicant locked up consuming 100% resources

2007-08-28 Thread Albert Cardona
Happened again this week, twice. Tonight I've closed all apps -the laptop was responding, only the NetworkManager was locked up, frozen in a half-turn of it's green slashes. In a terminal 'top' would list wpa_supplicant as using 100% resources. Then I've chosen System / quit - shutdown, and went th

[Bug 103804] Re: NetworkManager not installed after dist-upgrade from Edgy to Feisty

2007-08-30 Thread Albert Cardona
Thanks for the suggestion. It comes a bit late, for now I can tweak my system at will and no longer need metapackages like kubuntu-desktop at all. -- NetworkManager not installed after dist-upgrade from Edgy to Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103804 You received this bug notification becau

[Bug 104906] Re: kicker only shows in first desktop

2007-04-10 Thread Albert Cardona
Went away with today's update and subsequent reboot. Can be closed now. -- kicker only shows in first desktop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/104906 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is a bug contact for kdebase in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 94831] Re: KNetworkManager inactive after login

2007-04-11 Thread Albert Cardona
Same here. For feisty dist-upgraded to yersterday (April 10, 2007), knetworkmanager fails to list the wireless networks. Three days ago, though, knetworkmanager was listing the wireless networks just fine. I have no problem in connecting manually with sudo ifup ath0 and a proper /etc/network/inter

[Bug 104903] Re: metacity fails to show any window decorations after dist-upgrade from edgy to feisty

2007-04-12 Thread Albert Cardona
Launching $ metacity & solves the problem. But there are others. For example, my session should launch an xterm -it does so, AFTER about a minute an a half (this is a core2 duo 2.33GHz Thinkpad T60p, and edgy did so in a split second). Same with gnome splash: remains there forever, until clicked.

[Bug 104903] Re: metacity fails to show any window decorations after dist-upgrade from edgy to feisty

2007-04-13 Thread Albert Cardona
Yes: in the past I installed, used for a week or so, and then uninstalled with --purge) beryl and Xgl. I have tried to move .dmrc elsewhere to no avail. On relogin to a gnome session, a new .dmrc gets created with a 'default' instead of 'gnome' session. After the last dist-upgrade yesterday, gn

[Bug 198626] [NEW] xmms2 doesn't survive a sleep/resume cycle or Xorg being restarted

2008-03-04 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Launch the xmms2 daemon like: $ xmms2 play Log output will be stored in /home/albert/.cache/xmms2/xmms2d.log xmms2 started Then, to put the machine to sleep, I pause it: $ xmms2 pause To suspend the machine, I do: $ killall -15 xorg $ sudo modprobe -r fglrx $ sudo /etc/acp

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2008-01-21 Thread Albert Cardona
I have had similar experiences. I suspect the culprit is the nm-applet and/or NetworkManager itself, which goes into a thread-lock. I reported this so long ago, and yet nothing has been done about it. The issue appears only when repeatedly falling of a wireless network and reconnecting to it. And

[Bug 92461] Re: Some Thinkpads do not hibernate

2008-02-26 Thread Albert Cardona
This bug and related are very much on: Thinkpads with ATI graphics card don't hibernate with gutsy. We are enduring the pain. -- Some Thinkpads do not hibernate https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92461 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 187453] [NEW] tty font too large on resume from suspend

2008-01-30 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Thinkpad T60p running ubuntu 7.10 dist-upgraded to today 2008-01-30 ATI FireGL graphics card, with fglrx as driver. As it is know already, suspend is broken (which is tragic). But there is a workaround: 1 - go to a tty and: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop (or simply disable gd

[Bug 138465] Re: CPU frequency gets stuck at the lowest frequency after resume from suspend (ThinkPad T60p)

2008-01-30 Thread Albert Cardona
On a thinkpad, the only way I found out how to have proper suspend/resume working is by to have this: In file /etc/acpi/suspend.d/10-thinkpad-standby-led.sh append this line at the end: /etc/init.d/powernowd stop In file /etc/acpi/resume.d/90-thinkpad-unstandby-led.sh append this line at the

[Bug 185703] Re: hibernate (suspend-to-disk) is very slow

2008-01-25 Thread Albert Cardona
I have the same problem in feisty. Suspend takes about 15 to 40 seconds. Apple laptops in year 2001 suspended in under 2 seconds ... one wonders. At least it doesn't fail: in gutsy, there is no suspend AT ALL for Thinkpads with ATI cards. Thinkpad T60p Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty dist-upgraded to 2008-01

[Bug 68787] Re: after computer goes to sleep, on wake up no applications can be launched

2007-11-03 Thread Albert Cardona
I donated my powerbook laptop to an open source project about 8 months ago. Thanks for your interest though. -- after computer goes to sleep, on wake up no applications can be launched https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68787 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 26118] Re: Bad rendering (hinting) in Evince and Xpdf

2007-11-30 Thread Albert Cardona
Is this solved at all? As of today, I still see some pdf files -but not others (how to tell the difference?) rendering improperly in evince. When the text is selected, the text is suddenly smooth and nice; when deselected, it's all sketchy and rough. Also, many equations and punctuation chars di

[Bug 122056] Re: Apparmor won't work after installed

2007-12-02 Thread Albert Cardona
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 113887 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113887 It would be great to get a backport to Feisty, since many of us are trapped with an ATI card and can't upgrade to Gutsy just yet (because the driver will prevent laptops from suspending). I don't know how har

[Bug 103801] Re: no power management, laptop dies when out of power

2007-12-04 Thread Albert Cardona
If the gnome desktop is running, power management puts the laptop to sleep when the battery is low (although not always, most of the times only). Without the gnome desktop running (using dwm, wm, etc), then when the battery gets depleted the system dies without warning. I would expect the operatin

[Bug 177235] slow USB 2.0 drive: it's mounted as USB 1.0, not USB 2.0!

2007-12-18 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: In gutsy 7.10 dist-upgraded to the max: Ubuntu 64-bit sometimes does not mount USB 2.0 devices as 2.0. 1) plugin in the USB drive 2) mount it if not automounted (sometimes it doesn't) 3) right-click, properties in nautilus, go to drive tab, see speed "12 Mbps" 4) umount it,

[Bug 103804] Re: NetworkManager not installed after dist-upgrade from Edgy to Feisty

2008-03-20 Thread Albert Cardona
After one year, I have forgotten. Sorry. I currently run gutsy, which has severe problems that require attention such as the computer hanging when attempting to sleep (it's the SLUB/SLAB transition that doesn't go well with ATI binary fglrx driver). -- NetworkManager not installed after dist-up

[Bug 194589] [NEW] nautilus crashes when changing the background with feh

2008-03-07 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus I run the dwn windows manager from suckless.org: a minimalistic windows manager. Nautilus runs fine in all instances, except when attempting to change the background with the following command: $ feh --bg-center /path/to/some/image.jpg Then n

[Bug 194589] Re: nautilus crashes when changing the background with feh

2008-03-07 Thread Albert Cardona
/var/crash does not contain any crash file. Your 'if' failed: despite gnome-desktop being installed, I am not using it. Nautilus is launched with the following command: $ nautilus . It then sets a desktop which is simply another X window. When changing the X background with feh, nautilus crashes.

[Bug 200358] [NEW] xmms2 generates noise when computer is using the graphics card heavily

2008-03-09 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xmms2 When listening to music from an mp3 file with xmms2, and I use a java3D application (read: heavy use of graphics card), then the speakers emit a lot of white noise overlayed with the music. It's horrible. The good old XMMS does not have this prob

[Bug 200431] [NEW] octave2.9-forge does not set the load path properly

2008-03-09 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: octave2.9-forge 1) Install octave and octave-forge, version 2.9: $ sudo apt-get install octave2.9 octave2.9-forge 2) launch octave: $ octave ostave:1> 3) try to use a function from octave-forge, such as "specgram": octave:1> specgram error: `specgram

[Bug 194157] [NEW] vim can't expand buffer names after detaching/reattaching from a screen session

2008-03-07 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: 1 - Open an xterm 2 - open a screen with: screen 3 - open vim 4 - edit more than one file, with :edit some_file :edit some_other_file 5 - change buffer with :b some_f then type TAB key to expand the name. works fine. Then: 6 - detach screen with control+a c

[Bug 109403] Re: IBM T41p & upgrade to Feisty breaks suspend

2007-05-28 Thread Albert Cardona
T60p here with 2.6.20-16 working great. God job whoever took over this! -- IBM T41p & upgrade to Feisty breaks suspend https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109403 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing l

[Bug 110158] wpa_supplicant locked up consuming 100% resources

2007-04-25 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Happened only once so far. Networkmanager was roaming from one network to another, and the wpa_supplicant locked up to 100% resources. Odd behaviours: I tried to open a terminal but the computer refused (didn't open at all) I tried to 'sudo killall -KILL wpa_supplicant' but s

[Bug 36938] Re: double window to enter password in a locked session

2007-06-09 Thread Albert Cardona
Well, this bug is still present: - lock the screen manually - close the lid - wait long enough so that the powersave thinks, on resuming, that the screen has to be locked - on resume, a locking window appears and disappears, then one has to move the mouse to get the locking window again. Observ

[Bug 111282] wired ethernet not available on resume from sleep

2007-04-30 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: acpi 1 - Boot up the laptop (Thinkpad T60p with Feisty) 2 - plug and unplug the ethernet cable. NetworkManager does a good job in acquiring a connection when the cable is in, and reporting it unplugged when so. 3 - Put the laptop to sleep and unplug the

[Bug 96198] Re: sound buttons change the wrong sound output, and general lack of polish in automagic setup and sound preferences

2007-04-30 Thread Albert Cardona
More on the same issue, on Feisty: 1) When plugging in the headset there is no automatic recognition, but one can select "USB Audio" from the sound menu. 2) If Rhythmbox is open, and one changes the Sound preferences (to "USB Audio" for example), RhythmBox keeps happily playing through the other

[Bug 104903] Re: metacity fails to show any window decorations after dist-upgrade from edgy to feisty

2007-04-14 Thread Albert Cardona
Thank you! Finally! I knew it had to be some silly setting -dapper to edgy had the same problem with gtk2 apps: some silly setting. So I moved .gnomerc to the trash and finally my gnome desktop is working properly. The file ,gnomerc contained a dozen white lines and this one line: export WINDOW

[Bug 92461] Re: Some Thinkpads do not hibernate

2007-04-14 Thread Albert Cardona
Update: Thinkpad T60p sleeps and resumes flawlessly with latest Feisty. Linux pad 2.6.20-14-generic #2 SMP Mon Apr 2 20:37:49 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux The trick is to: 1) disable the graphics card warm up (for ATI cards). 2) disable/reenable powernowd in the sleep/resume acpi sequence: http://www.

[Bug 104903] Re: metacity fails to show any window decorations after dist-upgrade from edgy to feisty

2007-04-14 Thread Albert Cardona
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 103246 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103246 Yes, as I said above I DID use an unofficial compiz, but I removed it. Its settings were left behind. -- metacity fails to show any window decorations after dist-upgrade from edgy to feisty https://bugs.lau

[Bug 102651] Re: [apport] gnome-keybinding-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in free()

2007-04-16 Thread Albert Cardona
The bug went away after two updates towards feisty final. Thanks for caring anyway. -- [apport] gnome-keybinding-properties crashed with SIGSEGV in free() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102651 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact fo

[Bug 69208] Re: Bug #42299 survives on upgrade from Dapper Drake to Edgy

2007-04-16 Thread Albert Cardona
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42299 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42299 dist-upgrade to feisty as of today 2007 04 17 fixes all issues with swap partition. -- Bug #42299 survives on upgrade from Dapper Drake to Edgy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69208 You received this bug notif

[Bug 103801] no power management, laptop dies when out of power

2007-04-06 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: After dist-upgrading from edgy to feisty using the manual method as described in the official tutorial, there is no power management: when the battery is out, the system simpy dies. There are neither warning messages, nor an icon on the system tray showing the battery stat

[Bug 103804] NetworkManager does not show an icon on KDE

2007-04-06 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: knetworkmanager After dist-upgrading from edgy to feisty using the official tutorial (manual), knetworkmanager is not installed anymore. I had to install it manually. My system: Thinkpad T60p core2 duo 2.33GHz 2048Mb RAM ** Affects: knetworkmanager (Ubu

[Bug 104903] metacity fails to show any window decorations after dist-upgrade from edgy to feisty

2007-04-09 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: metacity metacity fails to show any window decorations after dist-upgrade from edgy to feisty Exactly that: metacity opens, no errors on the logs, and yet there are no window frames or edges or buttons. Plus, windows don't get focus when clicked. ** A

[Bug 104906] kicker only shows in first desktop

2007-04-09 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kicker My machine is dist-upgraded to the latest feisty. After today's updates (and perhaps from the last 10 days, didn't update since then), kicker only shows in the first desktop. There are other issues with kicker as well: from time to time, it wil

[Bug 68644] "Could not start process pop3s."

2006-10-27 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: kmail That's what kmail says after upgrading to edgy. So, no pop mail? Kubuntu-edgy PowerBook Ti 3.5 1Ghz, 512 MB ** Affects: kdepim (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- "Could not start process pop3s." https://launchpad

[Bug 68644] Re: "Could not start process pop3s."

2006-10-27 Thread Albert Cardona
I find out this is a different kind of bug. Apparently the kmail package does not depend on the kdebase-kio-plugins package, and thus it can only read imap mails, not pop mails, unless such kio package is installed separately. -- "Could not start process pop3s." https://launchpad.net/bugs/68644

[Bug 68787] after computer goes to sleep, on wake up no applications can be launched

2006-10-28 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome I start a new session and open a few applications. All is good. Then I close the lid and the computer goes to sleep. After opening the lid the computer wakes up, ok. Then I try to launch any applications: it does not happen. Applications launched b

[Bug 68789] The gnome-cups-icon is way too active

2006-10-28 Thread Albert Cardona
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop The gnome-cups-icon is consistently burning 3.5 % of chip resources no matter what, even when the network has no printers. For a laptop, that's a big battery leak. kubuntu-edgy, powerbook Ti 3.5 512 Mb. ** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)

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